Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [to-vb] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It needs to acquire some teeth from somewhere , ’ he said . |
| 2 | In other words , for an action to be deviant it has to cause some form of critical reaction and disapproval from others in the particular society . |
| 3 | ‘ The National Grid does not own the land on which the pylons are to be built and it has to negotiate some form of agreement with the landowner , ’ he said . |
| 4 | No action is deviant in itself : it has to excite some reaction from others . |
| 5 | ‘ It has to end some time , Ace . |
| 6 | However , many wo n't learn just any song they happen to hear — it has to have some resemblance to the typical species song . |
| 7 | It seems to need some attention . ’ |
| 8 | It seems to offer some promise of being both well-founded and contentful . |
| 9 | To understand the classicists it helps to have some understanding of what they were reacting against . |
| 10 | Oh I was in repudiation of my contract well I du n no what what it means to repude some things , you know I jumped to get a dictionary and found out , but I really do n't know what my contract was because I do n't think we ever had any . |
| 11 | The federal government tries to get involved , it tries to see some consistency but it ca n't actually impose that , the states still retain er the right to do things their way and they do . |
| 12 | It serves to give some meaning and shape to one 's social existence . |
| 13 | Separately , Advanced Micro Devices Inc said it expects to sell some 8m to 10m Am386 chips in 1993 , on par with the 9.5m sold last year . |
| 14 | It attempts to give some meaning to notions of relative autonomy at local level and encourages the consideration of actual political processes in determining what is possible . |